Hinckley TV Antenna

[Ken Krawford]

Ron Hill has mentioned using the Hinckley TV antenna for both TV and radio reception.  Does anyone know what type of plug or adapter that would be used to adapt the F type coax connector to a typical RCA plug used on radios?

[KWKloeber]

Ron Hill has mentioned using the Hinckley TV antenna for both TV and radio reception.  Does anyone know what type of plug or adapter that would be used to adapt the F type coax connector to a typical RCA plug used on radios?

Could you be referring to a "Motorola" connector (more common on radio antenna inputs)?  

I had an auto antenna laying in a cubby for my FM, and cut the coax cable and installed an F connector to make a short adapter.

Or Radio Shack has a non-solder Motorola jack.  Read the comments about the set screws though -- you need to fold back and double up the center wire.
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2102835

Or get a solder type to put on coax.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/301017874584




Ken

[Ken Krawford]

Thanks Ken.  Yes, I did mean Motorola connector.

[Ken Juul]

If you have an existing radio antenna wire with the motorola connection on it, you could put a coax connector on the other end.  Coax down the mast to a splitter, one leg to the tv, the other to the radio.

[Mike and Joanne Stimmler]

I think there is a splitter available from Radio Shack that will do what you want.

Mike

[Ken Krawford]

Mike, I searched Radio Shack and didn't see a splitter.  Any idea what it's called?

[Ron Hill]

Ken : I believe that the normal "auto" radio antenna connector is a "Motorola" connector.
I took a piece of Coax cable and installed a coax connector on one end and a Motorola connector on the other end for the stereo radio.

Originally, I used the Hinckley antenna input from heavy coax (satellite dish cable) coming down the mast to a regular home TV coax splitter.  However, I found that as the name implied, it split (reducing the signal) to the TV and I got nothing when in a remote TV signal area.  So I substituted an "A"/"B" switch for the splitter so 100% of the signal went to the TV or 100% to the Stereo!  
I never watched TV with the stereo ON, so that worked well! 
Just move the switch from "A" (TV) to "B" (Stereo) to change where the signal is sent to!

If you are in sailing in a metropolitan area with a bunch of TV stations around then a splitter will do the job.  However, if you are sometimes sailing in a remote signal area - remember the A-B switch!!

Hope this helps  

[Mike and Joanne Stimmler]

Ken, I searched Radio Shack and couldn't find it either but if you Google tv/fm splitter you will get a lot of info. Ron's ideas sound good to me though. The splitter I was thinking about is the common one used for home cable tv applications where you want to split one cable to two but as Ron said you would need an adaptor cable with an F connector on one end and a Motorola plug on the other. Might be worth a visit to your local Radio Shack or other electronics store.

Mike

[Ron Hill]

Guys : Just make sure that for the TV and Stereo all cabling, connectors, splitter and A/B switches are 75 ohm and not the VHF radio 50 ohm impedance.  Or you'll have impedance mismatch!!

The same is true when you are connecting your VHF radio cabling - everything must be 50 ohm and don't use any of the 75 ohm TV connectors !!!  Found that the yard did that to my C34 at commissioning!!

A thought

[KWKloeber]

Thanks Ken.  Yes, I did mean Motorola connector.

Ken,

Lookie here what I found for you....

www.mcmelectronics.com/product/DISTRIBUTED-BY-MCM-10TV110-/28-2145

Ken K

[Ken Krawford]

Thanks.  That's looks perfect.